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Revision as of 09:15, 22 December 2009

Ghana
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Black Stars The Brazil of Africa
AssociationGhana Football Association
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Head coachMilovan Rajevac[1]
CaptainStephen Appiah
Most capsAbedi Pele (73)[2]
Top scorerAbedi Pele (33)
Home stadiumOhene Djan Sports Stadium
FIFA codeGHA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current34
Highest14 (February, April, May 2008)
Lowest89 (June 2004)
First international
Gold Coast Gold Coast (British colony) 1-0 Nigeria
(Accra, Gold Coast; 21 May 1950)
Biggest win
Kenya  0-13  Ghana
(Nairobi, Kenya; 12 December 1965)[3]
Biggest defeat
Brazil  8-2  Ghana
(São José do Rio Preto, Brazil; 27 March 1996)[citation needed][4][5][6]
World Cup
Appearances2 (first in 2006)
Best resultRound 2, 2006
African Nations Cup
Appearances16 (first in 1963)
Best resultWinners, 1963, 1965,
1978, 1982
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona[7] Team

The Ghana national football team, popularly known as the Black Stars, is the national association football team of Ghana and is controlled by the Ghana Football Association. Before gaining independence from Great Britain in 1957, the country played as the Gold Coast.

Although the team did not qualify for the senior FIFA World Cup until 2006 they had actually qualified for five straight Olympic Games Football Tournaments when the tournament was still a full senior National Team competition. The team have won the African Cup of Nations four times[8] (in 1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982), making Ghana the second most successful team in the contest's history, behind Egypt.

Ghanaian teams has enjoyed considerable success in FIFA's age-restricted tournaments. The Ghana U17 team, the Black Starlets, have won the FIFA Under-17 World Cup title twice and finished as runner-up twice. The Ghana U20 team, the Black Satellites, became the first African country to win the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Egypt in 2009. In the Final, they beat Brazil 4-3 on penalties. They have also finished twice as a runner-up in the tournament. The Ghana Olympic Team[7], the Black Meteors, became the first African Country to win a medal in Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

After going through 2005 unbeaten, Ghana won the FIFA World Rankings Most Improved team of the year award and they reached the second round of the 2006 Germany World Cup.

History

The Ghana Amateur Football Association was founded in 1957, soon after the country's independence, and was affiliated to both CAF and FIFA the following year, Englishman George Ainsley being appointed coach of the national team.

In 1960, the Black Stars played Spanish giants Real Madrid, who were at the time Spanish, European and intercontinental champions, and drew 3-3.

Charles Kumi Gyamfi became coach in 1961, and Ghana won successive African Cup of Nations titles, in 1963 and 1965, and achieved their record win, 13-0 away to Kenya, shortly after the second of these. They also reached the final of the tournament in 1968 and 1970, losing 1-0 on each occasion, to DR Congo and Sudan respectively. Their domination of this tournament earned the country the nickname of "the Brazil of Africa" in the 1960s[9]. The team had no success in FIFA World Cup qualification during this era, and failed to qualify for three successive African Cup of Nations in the 1970s, but qualified for the Olympic Games Football Tournaments, reaching the quarter finals in 1964 and withdrawing on political grounds in 1976 and 1980.

Ghana again won the African Cup of Nations in 1978, retaining the Abdelaziz Abdallah Salem Trophy in perpetuity for having won it three times, and 1982, but a relatively barren period followed, with the full national team dominating the short lived West African Nations Cup from 1982-87, but making little progress in continent-wide competitions until the appointment of Burkhard Ziese as coach in 1991. The 1992 African Cup of Nations, after three failures to reach the final tournament, saw Ghana finish second, beaten on penalties in the final by Côte d'Ivoire.

Disharmony among the squad, which eventually lead to parliamentary and executive intervention to settle issues between two of the team, Abedi Pele and Anthony Yeboah, may have played some part in the failure of the team to build on the successes of the national underage teams. Ghana slipped to 89th place in the FIFA World Rankings, but a new generation of players who went to the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship final became the core of the team at the 2002 African Cup of Nations and the 2004 Olympic Games[7], and were undefeated for a year in 2005 and reached the finals of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the first time the team had reached the global stage of the tournament. Ghana started with a 2-0 defeat to eventual champions Italy, but wins over the Czech Republic (2-0) and USA (2-1) saw them through to the second round, where they were beaten 3-0 by Brazil. On 5 September 2009 won 2:0 against Sudan national football team and qualified oneself to the second in aftermath[10].

Team honours

West African Nations Cup 6 titels

World Cup record

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter - - - - - - -
Italy 1934 Did not enter - - - - - - -
France 1938 Did not enter - -|- - - - -
Brazil 1950 Quarterfinals 8 5 4 0 4 5 -
Switzerland 1954 Did not enter - - - - - - -
Sweden 1958 Did not enter - - - - - - -
Chile 1962 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
England 1966 Withdrew - - - - - - -
Mexico 1970 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
West Germany 1974 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Argentina 1978 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Spain 1982 Withdrew - - - - - - -
Mexico 1986 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Italy 1990 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
United States 1994 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
France 1998 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
South KoreaJapan 2002 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Germany 2006 Round of 16 13 4 2 0 2 4 6
South Africa 2010 Qualified
Total 2/19 4 2 0 2 4 6
The Ghana national team at the 2008 African Cup of Nations before the quarter-final match against Nigeria.

African Nations Cup Record

African Cup of Nations
Titles: 4
Appearances: 16
Year Position Year Position Year Position
Sudan 1957 Did not enter Ethiopia 1976 Did not qualify Tunisia 1994 Fourth Place
Egypt 1959 Did not enter Ghana 1978 Champions South Africa 1996 Fourth Place
Ethiopia 1962 Did not qualify Nigeria 1980 Round 1 Burkina Faso 1998 Round 1
Ghana 1963 Champions Libya 1982 Champions GhanaNigeria 2000 Quarter-finals
Tunisia 1965 Champions Ivory Coast 1984 Round 1 Mali 2002 Quarter-finals
Ethiopia 1968 Second Place Egypt 1986 Did not qualify Tunisia 2004 Did not qualify
Sudan 1970 Second Place Morocco 1988 Did not qualify Egypt 2006 Round 1
Cameroon 1972 Did not qualify Algeria 1990 Did not qualify Ghana 2008 Third Place
Egypt 1974 Did not qualify Senegal 1992 Second Place Angola 2010 Qualified

For Angola 2010, see 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

Ghana were the only African side to advance to Round 2 of 2006 FIFA World Cup (Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, Angola, and Tunisia were all eliminated in group play), and the sixth nation in a row from Africa to progress beyond the group stages of the World Cup. Ghana was the youngest team in the FIFA World Cup 2006 with an average age of 23 yrs and 352 days.

Because of Ghana's performances in the tournament, there has been praise for their continuous efforts to push forward and their fearless attitude. Greece Coach Otto Rehhagel told FIFA.com, the teams you used to regard as a little behind tactically, the Africans for example, have caught up. They're physically even better off than we are, as they have tremendous natural athleticism, and they've come on enormously in the areas which were non-existent before, discipline and tactics for example. Every team which faced Ghana or Cote d'Ivoire knew they'd been in a game. FIFA.com says Black stars ascend to glory. BBC says: Ghana going forward[11].

Of the 32 countries that participated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ghana was ranked the 13th Best Nation by FIFA.

2006 FIFA World Cup Matches
Category Team A Result Team B Date Venue Scorers
Round of 16  Brazil 3-0 Ghana Ghana 27 June Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund Brazil: Ronaldo 5, Adriano 45+,
Ze Roberto 84 [1]
First Half; Second Half
Group E Ghana Ghana 2-1  United States 22 June Frankenstadion, Nuremberg Ghana Dramani 22, Appiah 47+; USA: Clint Dempsey 43)[2]
Pre-Match; 1st Half; 2nd half
Group E Ghana Ghana 2-0  Czech Republic 17 June RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne Ghana: Asamoah 2, Muntari 82) [3]
Group E  Italy 2-0 Ghana Ghana 12 June AWD-Arena, Hannover Italy: Pirlo, 40 Iaquinta 83)[4]

Players

Current squad

The following players are going to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations[12]

Goalkeepers
# Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut
16 Daniel Adjei (1989-09-10) September 10, 1989 (age 34) Ghana Liberty Professionals 1 (0) v Mali, 15 November 2009
22 Richard Kingson (1978-06-13) June 13, 1978 (age 46) England Wigan Athletic 49 (1) v Brazil, 27 March 1996
1 Philemon McCarthy (1983-08-14) August 14, 1983 (age 40) Ghana Hearts of Oak 1 (0)
Defenders
# Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut
5 John Mensah (1981-06-15) June 15, 1981 (age 43) England Sunderland 58 (0) v Algeria, 5 December 2001
23 Harrison Afful (1989-09-03) September 3, 1989 (age 34) Tunisia Espérance Tunis 14 (0) v Mexico, 26 March 2008
18 Eric Addo (1978-11-12) November 12, 1978 (age 45) Netherlands Roda JC 32 (0) v Tunisia, 9 February 1998
13 Lee Addy (1985-09-26) September 26, 1985 (age 38) Ghana Bechem Chelsea 1 (0) v Argentina, 01 October 2009
2 Samuel Inkoom (1989-08-22) August 22, 1989 (age 34) Switzerland Basel 4 (0) v Tunisia, 20 November 2008
15 John Pantsil (1981-06-15) June 15, 1981 (age 43) England Fulham 52 (0) v Algeria, 5 December 2001
3 Isaac Vorsah (1988-06-21) June 21, 1988 (age 36) Germany Hoffenheim 5 (0) N/A
4 Hans Sarpei (1976-06-28) June 28, 1976 (age 48) Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen 23 (0) N/A
Midfielders
# Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut
16 Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu (1990-02-12) February 12, 1990 (age 34) Ghana Asante Kotoko 2 (0) v Australia, 23 May 2008
6 Anthony Annan (1986-07-21) July 21, 1986 (age 38) Norway Rosenborg 38 (1) v Austria, 24 March 2007
10 Agyeman Prempeh Opoku (1989-06-07) June 7, 1989 (age 35) United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda 2 (0) N/A
17 Kwadwo Asamoah (1988-09-09) September 9, 1988 (age 35) Italy Udinese 5 (1) N/A
7 André Ayew (1989-12-17) December 17, 1989 (age 34) France Marseille 15 (0) v Senegal, 21 August 2007
12 Abdul Rahim Ayew (1985-09-27) September 27, 1985 (age 38) EgyptEl Zamalek 1 (0) v Mali, 15 November 2009
8 Michael Essien (1982-12-03) December 3, 1982 (age 41) England Chelsea 45 (8) v Egypt, 4 January 2002
11 Moussa Narry (1986-04-19) April 19, 1986 (age 38) France Auxerre 3 (0) v Togo, 18 November 2007
Strikers
# Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut
9 Haminu Dramani (1986-04-01) April 1, 1986 (age 38) Russia Kuban Krasnodar 34 (3) v Saudi Arabia, 14 November 2005
14 Matthew Amoah (1980-10-24) October 24, 1980 (age 43) Netherlands NAC Breda 29 (11) v Morocco, 21 January 2002
20 Dominic Adiyiah (1989-11-20) November 20, 1989 (age 34) Italy Milan 1 (0) v Mali, 15 November 2009
19 Asamoah Gyan (1985-11-22) November 22, 1985 (age 38) France Rennes 27 (13) v Somalia, 19 November 2003

The following players are going to the 2010 World Cup[13]

Goalkeepers
# Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut
16 Daniel Adjei (1989-09-10) September 10, 1989 (age 34) Ghana Liberty Professionals 1 (0) v Mali, 15 November 2009
22 Richard Kingson (1978-06-13) June 13, 1978 (age 46) England Wigan Athletic 49 (1) v Brazil, 27 March 1996
1 William Amamoo (1982-04-04) April 4, 1982 (age 42) Sweden Vasalunds IF 1 (0) N/A
Defenders
# Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut
5 John Mensah (1981-06-15) June 15, 1981 (age 43) England Sunderland 58 (0) v Algeria, 5 December 2001
23 Harrison Afful (1989-09-03) September 3, 1989 (age 34) Tunisia Espérance Tunis 14 (0) v Mexico, 26 March 2008
18 Eric Addo (1978-11-12) November 12, 1978 (age 45) Netherlands Roda JC 32 (0) v Tunisia, 9 February 1998
13 Lee Addy (1985-09-26) September 26, 1985 (age 38) Ghana Bechem Chelsea 1 (0) v Argentina, 01 October 2009
2 Samuel Inkoom (1989-08-22) August 22, 1989 (age 34) Switzerland Basel 4 (0) v Tunisia, 20 November 2008
15 John Pantsil (1981-06-15) June 15, 1981 (age 43) England Fulham 52 (0) v Algeria, 5 December 2001
3 Isaac Vorsah (1988-06-21) June 21, 1988 (age 36) Germany Hoffenheim 5 (0) N/A
4 Hans Sarpei (1976-06-28) June 28, 1976 (age 48) Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen 23 (0) N/A
Midfielders
# Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut
16 Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu (1990-02-12) February 12, 1990 (age 34) Ghana Asante Kotoko 2 (0) v Australia, 23 May 2008
6 Anthony Annan (1986-07-21) July 21, 1986 (age 38) Norway Rosenborg 38 (1) v Austria, 24 March 2007
11 Sulley Muntari (1984-08-27) August 27, 1984 (age 39) Italy Internazionale 47 (12) v Slovenia, 17 May 2002
17 Kwadwo Asamoah (1988-09-09) September 9, 1988 (age 35) Italy Udinese 5 (1) N/A
7 André Ayew (1989-12-17) December 17, 1989 (age 34) France Marseille 15 (0) v Senegal, 21 August 2007
12 Abdul Rahim Ayew (1985-09-27) September 27, 1985 (age 38) EgyptEl Zamalek 1 (0) v Mali, 15 November 2009
8 Michael Essien (1982-12-03) December 3, 1982 (age 41) England Chelsea 45 (8) v Egypt, 4 January 2002
10 Stephen Appiahc (1980-12-24) December 24, 1980 (age 43) Italy Internazionale 53 (14) v Benin, 24 December 1996
Strikers
# Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut
9 Manuel Agogo (1981-08-01) August 1, 1981 (age 43) Cyprus Apollon Limassol 27 (12) v N/A
14 Matthew Amoah (1980-10-24) October 24, 1980 (age 43) Netherlands NAC Breda 29 (11) v Morocco, 21 January 2002
20 Dominic Adiyiah (1989-11-20) November 20, 1989 (age 34) Italy Milan 1 (0) v Mali, 15 November 2009
12 Prince Tagoe (1986-11-09) November 9, 1986 (age 37) Germany Hoffenheim 16 (3) v Togo,
19 Asamoah Gyan (1985-11-22) November 22, 1985 (age 38) France Rennes 27 (13) v Somalia, 19 November 2003

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Ghana squad recently.

Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut Most recent callup
DF Daniel Opare (1990-10-18) October 18, 1990 (age 33) Spain Real Madrid 1 (0) N/A v Togo,
18 November 2007
FW Derek Asamoah (1981-05-01) May 1, 1981 (age 43) Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia 3 (0) v Korea Republic,
8 October 2006 		v Australia,
23 May 2008
GK Patrick Antwi (1987-11-04) November 4, 1987 (age 36) Ghana Liberty Professionals 1 (0) v Mexico,
26 March 2008 		v Mexico,
26 March 2008
DF Richard Manu (1974-01-20) January 20, 1974 (age 50) Ghana Asante Kotoko 0 (0) N/A v Mexico,
26 March 2008
FW Baffour Gyan (1980-07-02) July 2, 1980 (age 44) Kazakhstan Lokomotiv Astana 33 (5) v Sudan,
25 February 2001 		v Libya,
1 June 2008
DF Kofi Amponsah (1978-04-23) April 23, 1978 (age 46) Greece Apollon Kalamarias 0 (0) N/A v Libya,
1 June 2008
FW Ransford Osei (1990-12-05) December 5, 1990 (age 33) Netherlands Twente 1 (0) N/A v Togo,
18 November 2007
DF Alfred Arthur (1986-12-25) December 25, 1986 (age 37) Ghana Ashanti Gold 1 (0) N/A v Brazil,
27 March 2007
GK Sammy Adjei (1980-09-01) September 1, 1980 (age 43) Ghana Hearts of Oak 34 (0) v Sudan,
25 February 2001 		2008 African Nations Cup
GK Abdul Fatawu Dauda (1985-04-06) April 6, 1985 (age 39) Ghana Ashanti Gold 1 (0) 2008 African Cup of Nations,
20 January 2008 		v Nigeria,
04 December 2008
DF Nana Akwasi Asare (1986-07-11) July 11, 1986 (age 38) Belgium Mechelen 2 (0) v Morocco,
8 September 2007 		2008 African Nations Cup
MF Bennard Yao Kumordzi (1985-03-21) March 21, 1985 (age 39) Greece Panionios 4 (1) v Brazil,
27 March 2007 		v Tanzania,
20 August 2008
MF Kwadwo Asamoah (1988-09-09) September 9, 1988 (age 35) Italy Udinese 5 (1) N/A 2008 African Nations Cup
FW Nafiu Idrissu (1986-06-12) June 12, 1986 (age 38) United Arab Emirates Sharjah 0 (0) N/A v Togo,
18 November 2007
MF Derek Boateng (1983-05-02) May 2, 1983 (age 41) Spain Getafe 18 (3) v Mali,
25 December 2001		 v Tanzania,
20 August 2008
DF Lee Addy (1985-09-26) September 26, 1985 (age 38) Ghana Bechem Chelsea 1 (0) v Argentina,
01 October 2009
DF Emmanuel Ansong (1989-10-22) October 22, 1989 (age 34) Ghana Heart of Lions 1 (0) N.A. v Argentina,
01 October 2009
MF Abraham Annan (1988-12-08) 8 December 1988 (age 35) Ghana Heart of Lions 1 (0) v Argentina,
01 October 2009
MF Edmund Owusu-Ansah (1983-04-02) April 2, 1983 (age 41) Ghana Heart of Lions 2 (0) v Niger,
30 March 2008
FW Joshua Otto (1990-04-06) April 6, 1990 (age 34) Ghana Hearts of Oak 1 (0) v Argentina,
01 October 2009
DF Michael Ofosu-Appiah (1988-12-29) December 29, 1988 (age 35) Ghana Asante Kotoko 1 (0) v Argentina,
01 October 2009
MF Gladson Awako (1990-12-31) December 31, 1990 (age 33) Ghana Heart of Lions 1 (0) v Argentina,
01 October 2009
DF Karimu Alhassan (1991-04-30) April 30, 1991 (age 33) Ghana Hearts of Oak 1 (0) v Argentina,
01 October 2009
MF Francis Coffie (1988-08-16) August 16, 1988 (age 35) Ghana Asante Kotoko 1 (0) v Argentina,
01 October 2009
DF Bright Allotey (1991-09-14) September 14, 1991 (age 32) Ghana Great Olympics 1 (0) v Argentina,
01 October 2009
MF Kofi Nti Boakye (1987-04-05) April 5, 1987 (age 37) Ghana Heart of Lions 1 (0) v Argentina,
01 October 2009
DF David Addy (1990-01-21) January 21, 1990 (age 34) Denmark Randers 2 (0) v Lesotho,
08 June 2008		 v Niger,
02 November 2008
MF Frank Boateng (1984-08-17) August 17, 1984 (age 39) Ghana Asante Kotoko 1 (0) v Argentina,
01 October 2009
FW Mahatma Otoo (1992-02-06) February 6, 1992 (age 32) Ghana Hearts of Oak 1 (0) v Argentina,
01 October 2009
MF Jordan Opoku (1983-10-08) October 8, 1983 (age 40) Ghana Asante Kotoko 1 (0) v Argentina,
01 October 2009
FW Obed Owusu (1990-07-26) 26 July 1990 (age 34) Ghana Asante Kotoko 1 (0) v Argentina,
01 October 2009
MF David Telfer (1988-12-01) December 1, 1988 (age 35) Ghana Ashanti Gold 1 (0) v Zambia,
14 August 2009
FW Samad Oppong (1988-07-21) July 21, 1988 (age 36) Ghana Asante Kotoko 1 (0) v Argentina,
01 October 2009
MF Samuel Ayew Yeboah (1989-04-27) April 27, 1989 (age 35) Ghana Liberty Professionals 1 (0) v Niger,
02 November 2008
MF Stephen Ahorlu Ghana Heart of Lions 1 (0) v Argentina,
01 October 2009
GK George Owu (1982-07-07) July 7, 1982 (age 42) Egypt Al-Masry 8 (0) v Somalia, 19 November 2003 v Australia,
23 May 2008
DF Harrison Afful (1986-06-24) June 24, 1986 (age 38) Tunisia Esperance Sportive de Tunis 13 (0) v Ivory Coast, 9 February 2008 v Benin,
11 October 2009
MF Laryea Kingston (1980-11-07) November 7, 1980 (age 43) Scotland Hearts 34 (6) v Congo DR, 27 March 2005 v Benin,
11 October 2009
MF Agyeman Prempeh Opoku (1989-06-07) June 7, 1989 (age 35) United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda 2 (0) N/A v Sudan,
20 June 2009
MF Prince Buaben (1988-04-23) April 23, 1988 (age 36) Scotland Dundee United 1 (0) v Australia, 23 May 2008
MF Haminu Dramani (1986-04-01) April 1, 1986 (age 38) Russia Kuban Krasnodar 34 (3) v Saudi Arabia, 14 November 2005 v Benin,
11 October 2009
MF Moussa Narry (1986-04-19) April 19, 1986 (age 38) France Auxerre 3 (0) v Togo, 18 November 2007 v Mali,
07 June 2009
MF Kwame Quansah (1982-11-24) November 24, 1982 (age 41) Netherlands Heracles Almelo 2 (0) v South Africa, 15 October 2008
MF Mark Sekyere (1989-02-28) February 28, 1989 (age 35) Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 1 (0) v South Africa, 19 November 2009
FW Yaw Antwi (1985-06-15) June 15, 1985 (age 39) Serbia Napredak 2 (2) v South Africa, 15 October 2008 v Senegal,
4 March 2009
FW Samuel Kyere (1983-06-06) June 6, 1983 (age 41) Egypt Ittihad El-Shorta 1 (11) v Tunisia, 19 November 2008
FW Ernest Papa Arko (1984-04-12) April 12, 1984 (age 40) Egypt El-Geish 1 (1) v Uganda, 01 June 2009
DF Mohammed-Awal Issah (1986-04-04) April 4, 1986 (age 38) Ghana Ashanti Gold 0 (0) v Nigeria, 04 December 2008
FW Quincy Owusu-Abeyie (1986-04-15) April 15, 1986 (age 38) Russia Spartak Moscow 10 (1) v Guinea, 20 January 2008 v Libya,
05 September 2009
GK Osei Boateng (1988-11-04) November 4, 1988 (age 35) Ghana King Faisal Babes 2 (0) v Nigeria, 04 December 2008 v Cote d’Ivoire,
20 February 2009
FW Prince Tagoe (1986-11-09) November 9, 1986 (age 37) Germany Hoffenheim 16 (3) v Togo, 11 January 2006 v Sudan,
20 June 2009
DF Habib Mohamed (1983-12-10) December 10, 1983 (age 40) Ghana Ashanti Gold 8 (0) v Czech Republic, 17 June 2006 v Nigeria, 04 December 2008
FW Alex Asamoah (1986-01-16) January 16, 1986 (age 38) Ghana Asante Kotoko 0 (0) v Nigeria, 04 December 2008
DF Godfred Yeboah (1980-07-27) July 27, 1980 (age 44) Ghana Ashanti Gold 4 (0) N/A v Nigeria, 04 December 2008
DF William Amamoo (1982-04-04) April 4, 1982 (age 42) Sweden Vasalunds IF 1 (0) N/A
DF Jonathan Quartey (1988-06-02) June 2, 1988 (age 36) France Nice 4 (0) v Libya, 5 September 2008
DF Daniel Addo (1989-09-03) September 3, 1989 (age 34) Ghana King Faisal Babes 1 (0) v Mali, 15 November 2009
MF Stephen Appiah (1980-12-24) December 24, 1980 (age 43) Italy Internazionale 53 (14) v Benin, 24 December 1996
MF Sulley Muntari (1984-08-27) August 27, 1984 (age 39) Italy Internazionale 47 (12) v Slovenia, 17 May 2002
FW Manuel Agogo (1981-08-01) August 1, 1981 (age 43) Cyprus Apollon Limassol 27 (12) v N/A

Most capped players

As of 8 June 2009

# Player Cap
1 Abédi Pelé 73
2 Karim Abdul Razak 70
3 Yaw Preko 68
4 Richard Kingston 62
5 John Mensah 61
6= Tony Yeboah 59
6= Samuel Osei Kuffour 59
8 Stephen Appiah 56
9 John Paintsil 52
10 Charles Akonnor 51

Top goalscorers

As of 8 June 2009

# Player Goals Caps
1 Abédi Pelé 33 73
2 Tony Yeboah 29 59
3 Karim Abdul Razak 25 70

Previous Nations Cup squads

APOY and other award winning players

Ghana has had great players in their rich history from the early 1950s, through the 1960s ANC Championship sides to 1970 when CAF instituted a new African Footballer of the Year Best player Awards to the 1990s when Abédi Pelé and Tony Yeboah received FIFA World Player of the Year top ten nominations and the 2000s when Sammy Kuffour and Michael Essien became FIFA World Class Players and received Ballon d'Or nominations. Ghana has never been short of talent. Abédi Pelé was listed in the 2004 "FIFA 100" greatest living footballers.

On 13 January 2007, the Confederation of African Football voted Abedi Pele, Michael Essien, Tony Yeboah, Ibrahim Abdul Razak and Samuel Kuffour as members of the CAF Top 30 Best African Players of all-time. In addition, Abedi and Yeboah were voted as members of the Africa Best Player of the Century in 1999 by IFFHS.

Technical staff

Head Coach Serbia Milovan Rajevac
Assistant Coach Ghana Akwasi Appiah
Fitness Coach Vacant
Goalkeeping Coach Ghana Edward Ansah
Psychologist Ghana Dr. Yao Mfodwo
Physiotherapist Ghana Charles Botchway
Team Doctor Ghana Dr Percy Annan
2nd Team Doctor Ghana Dr Allan Akaba
Welfare Officer Ghana Opoku Afriyie
Protocol Officer Ghana Alex Asante
Spokesman Ghana Randy Abbey
Kit Manager Ghana Sherif Bobo Musah

Head coaches

^Won African Cup of Nations during tenure

Competitive Statistics

FIFA World Cup Record
FIFA World Cup Record GP W D L GF GA GD
World Cup Finals 4 2 0 2 4 6 -2
World Cup Quals (H) 30 20 8 2 57 17 +40
World Cup Quals (A) 29 7 8 14 31 38 -7
World Cup Total 63 29 16 18 92 61 +31
African Cup of Nations Record
Nations Cup Record GP W D L GF GA GD
Nations Cup Finals 66 37 13 16 91 56 +35
Nations Cup Quals (H) 31 22 6 3 69 23 +46
Nations Cup Quals (A) 31 11 8 12 42 31 +11
Nations Cup Total 128 70 27 31 202 110 +92

Nations Cup Record by team

Ghana versus GP W D L GF GA GD
 Ivory Coast 8 5 1 2 17 11 +6
 Tunisia 6 5 1 0 10 4 +6
 DR Congo 5 3 0 2 8 5 +3
 Nigeria 6 2 1 3 6 7 -1
 Senegal 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2
 Congo 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5
 Guinea 4 3 1 0 5 2 +3
 Zambia 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1
 Algeria 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1
 South Africa 3 0 1 2 0 4 -4
 Egypt 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1
 Morocco 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1
 Sudan 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2
 Burkina Faso 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4
 Cameroon 3 0 2 1 1 2 -1
 Libya 2 0 2 0 3 3 0
 Togo 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1
 Ethiopia 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
 Uganda 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
 Malawi 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
 Mozambique 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
 Namibia 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
 Zimbabwe 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1
Total 66 37 13 16 91 56 +35

West African Nations Cup [SCSA Zone III] Record

Year Venue Round Position GP W D L GF GA GD
1982  Benin Final Winner 5 3 2 0 14 8 +6
1983  Ivory Coast Final Winner 4 3 1 0 7 2 +5
1984  Burkina Faso Final Winner 5 2 3 0 9 5 +4
1986  Ghana Final Winner 6 5 1 0 12 2 +10
1987  Liberia Final Winner 5 5 0 0 14 2 +12
Total 5/5 5 Finals 5 Championships 25 18 7 0 56 19 +37
  • The Tournament was not held in 1985.

Trivia

  • Ghana hosted and won the Original African Cup of Nations Trophy (Known as The Abdelaziz Abdallah Salem Trophy) for Keeps in 1978 as they became the first Country to win three Nations Cup titles[14].
  • Of the 32 countries which participated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ghana was ranked the 13th Best Nation by FIFA.[15]

See also

Titles

Preceded by African Champions
1963 (First title)
1965 (Second title) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by African Champions
1978 (Third title) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by African Champions
1982 (Fourth title) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Inaugural Champions
 West African Champions
1982 (First title)
1983 (Second title)
1984 (Third title)
1986 (Fourth title)
1987 (Fifth title) 		Succeeded by
Defunct

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References

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  2. ^ "All-Stars clash kick off in Bari". Meridian Cup. UEFA. 1 February 2001. Retrieved 2007-04-06.
  3. ^ "Kenya International Matches". Kenya International Matches. RSSSF. 1 February 2000. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
  4. ^ "BLACK METEORS HUMILIATED 8-2 BY BRAZIL". Ghanaian News Runner. newsrunner.com. 3 April 1996. Archived from the original on 2007-06-24. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
  5. ^ "1996 INTERCONTINENTAL MATCHES". Author: Neil Morrison. srcf.ucam.org. 1 February 2001. Archived from the original on 2008-06-02. Retrieved 2001-02-01.
  6. ^ "Team news". The Independent. 1996-03-30. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  7. ^ a b c Since 1992, squads for Football at the Summer Olympics have been restricted to three players over the age of 23. The achievements of such teams are not usually included in the statistics of the international team.
  8. ^ "African Football: The early years". bbc.co.uk. 2004-01-16. Retrieved 2004-01-16.
  9. ^ "African Football: ANC winners from 1957 to 2002". panapress.com. 2004-01-01. Retrieved 2004-01-01.
  10. ^ Black Stars fahren zur WM
  11. ^ "Ghana going forward". BBC Sports. BBC Sports. 27 June 2006. Retrieved 2007-01-01.
  12. ^ Ghana names Nations Cup squad
  13. ^ Ghana names Nations Cup squad
  14. ^ "African Nations Cup trophy revealed". bbc.co.uk. 2001-09-25. Retrieved 2001-09-25.
  15. ^ Yahoo News. "Defunct Link". Retrieved 2008-05-28.
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